ꦧꦪ

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Javanese

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese bwaya, wuhaya, buhaya (“crocodile”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun

ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. (zoology) crocodile (reptile)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese bhaya (“fear, danger, peril; calamity”), from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, “danger”).

Noun

ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. danger, hazard
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. perhaps, possibly
  2. even if, even though
  3. anything

Etymology 4

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Noun

ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. Alternative spelling of ꦲꦸꦧꦪ (ubaya, “reciprocal promise, commitment”)

References

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “baya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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